Daily Mail Service To Harper Starts March 15
Daily mail service between Harper and Fredericksburg will begin on March 15. Postmaster Klingelhoefer and Postmaster Staudt announced the change after a Washington notice. Arthur C. Lange will be contractor. trips start at 7:15 am from Fredericksburg and 5:00 pm from Harper with 9:15 am and 5:45 pm arrivals. Rural Free Delivery expands north of Harper. Route details include Harper Highway to Fuhrmann's corner and Reed-Weinheimer Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper
Fredericksburg
R. W. Klingelhoefer
Post Office Department
Washington
Klingelhoefer
Frank Staudt
Arthur C. Lange
Fuhrmann
Kneese Named Gillespie Rural Roads Chairman
Kneese was named president of the Gillespie County Rural Roads Association at the organizational meeting in the courthouse. Herman Maner was named president, Rubin Meier secretary treasurer, with Robert Dillard of Austin, executive director of the Texas Rural Roads Association, explaining the group’s purpose. The association aims to improve farm roads with emphasis on rural bus and mail routes, funded by a proposed natural resources tax on Texas natural gas shipments. Continued on page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneese
Gillespie County Rural Roads Association
Herman Maner
Rubin Meier
Gillespie
Robert Dillard
Austin
Texas Rural Roads Association
Dillard
Texas
Mrs Evers and Pfeiffer Visit Georgetown and Waco
Mrs. Adolf Evers Sr. accompanied Mrs. Herbert Pfeiffer to Georgetown where she visited Mrs. M. Bergner. Mrs. Pfeiffer then continued to Waco to visit her husband, Dr. Pfeiffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Evers Sr
Herbert Pfeiffer
Georgetown
M. Bergner
Pfeiffer
Waco
Dr. Pfeiffer
Mrs Max Molberg and Sons Visit Relatives This Week
Mrs Max Molberg and her sons Stephen and Gary are spending the week visiting relatives in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Molberg
Sonstephen
Gary
Gillespie Pioneer Mrs Hahn Dies at 95 in Gillespie County
Mrs Joachim Hahn, 95, died Friday in a local hospital after a hip fracture and complications from a fall at her home. Born December 3, 1854 in Gillespie County, she married Joachim Hahn in 1883 and lived in Fredericksburg, with survivors including daughter Elias and two sons Emil and Herman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County
Joachim Hahn
John P. Dechert
Ernestine Pletz Dechert
Texas
Germany
Fredericksburg
Pedernales River
Mr. Hahn
Elias
Louis Marquardt
Emil
Herman
Wage Hour Law Discussion Set Thursday Night
Jack C. High from the U S Department of Labor will speak at the Courthouse Thursday night March 2 at 7 30 pm. The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce arranged the meeting for interested businessmen and employers. Topics include minimum wage coverage under the original and new amendments overtime pay computation exemptions child labor provisions regular rate of pay and other law changes with a Q A session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack C. High
United States Department of Labor, Public Contract Division
Fredericksburg
March School Census To Be Conducted Countywide
County Judge Henry Hirsch announces the annual school census will run in March. Children who will be 6 before September 1, 1950 and not over 18 by that date must be enumerated. Parents of handicapped children should list them to aid possible special schooling in Gillespie County. Enumerators will be chosen from local school trustees. Fredericksburg Independent School District’s enumerator to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hirsch
Gillespie County
Fredericksburg Indep
Lone Star Gas Moves Office to New Fredericksburg Building
The Lone Star Gas Co. relocated its Fredericksburg office to the 100 block of North Llano Street. Manager Charles M. George said the move was completed Tuesday and a formal opening will follow at a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Gas Co
Llano Street
Fredericksburg
Charles M. George
Five Men Escape From Gillespie County Jail
The 33rd District Court waited Wednesday for the capture of four Gillespie County Jail escapees. Three, James M. Craig James Meadows and William Meadows, were slated for trial this week. Daniel Paul Parker paid a $500 fine and was held pending costs. Parker was convicted of assault with intent to rape from Schmidt's Dance Hall. Jurors listed included Reinhold Oehler and Oscar Geistweidt. Otto Max Grienke received a two year sentence and probation for hit and run injuries on the Llano Road. Prospective jurors were discharged pending recall.
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Gillespie County
James M. Craig
James Meadows
William Meadows
Daniel Paul Parker
Parker
Schmidt
Sam Connally
Joe Petsch
Marvin Blackburn
Junction
Reinhold Oehler
Frank Bang
Roy Sublet
Herman Kramer
Freditz
Jimmy Gillen
Milton Kramer
Clinton E. Stark
Alfred Petri
H. Welge Lewis
Robert Moritz
Oscar Geistweidt
Otto Max Grienke
Llano Road
Grienke
Thomas Ferguson
Eastham Farm
Retrieve Farm
Craig
Texas
Tom Gellerman
Dr H F Schuh To Speak At Fredericksburg Friday Night
Dr H F Schuh director of Stewardship and Finance of the American Lutheran Church will speak to Fredericksburg Federation of Churches members on Friday March 3 at 8 pm in Zion Church. He will discuss Christian Higher Education Emphasis in 1950 with Dr A G Wiederaenders of Texas Lutheran College accompanying. Pastors urge attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Schuh
American Lutheran Church
Fredericksburg
Schuh
A. G. Wiederaenders
Texas Lutheran College
Seguin
Willow-Eckert Schools Vote For Consolidation
Patrons in the Willow City and Eckert districts voted for consolidation in separate elections held on Saturday February 18. Unofficial returns show Eckert 29 for 9 against and Willow City 22 for 11 against. Consolidation planned to take effect in the 1950 51 term.
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Willow City
Eckert
Pape Lamb Sets New World Record at San Antonio Exposition
Robert Pape paid 3100 dollars for his grand champion fat lamb at the first annual San Antonio Livestock Exposition auction held Wednesday afternoon. The 109 pound lamb sold at 31 dollars per pound, surpassing Houston’s 2650 record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Gillespie County
Robert Pape
Richard Friedrich
Robert
Thomas Pape
Roy Ressmann
FFA
Houston
Pape
Joske’s Farm and Ranch
Thomas
Chicago
Wilbert Ransleben
Fredericksburg
Elroy Ransleben
Lee Roy Behrends
Roy Crenwelge
Dayton Ransleben
Ronald Doebbler
Hereford
Samuel Baethge
Elgin Smith
Hampshire
Barrows
Hubert Cox
Five Men Escape Jail From Gillespie County Jail
Five men escaped from the jail atop the Gillespie County courthouse Tuesday at midnight. Four remain at large while James Seaton surrendered to Sheriff Robert Loth. Escapees include James M Craig 35 James Meadows 33 William Meadows 22 James Seaton 31 and Daniel Parker 22. The Meadows brothers and Seaton are convicts.
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Gillespie County
Robert Loth
James M., Craig
James Meadows
William L. Meadows
James Seaton
Daniel Paul Parker
Seaton
Meadows Brothers
Escapees Recaptured in Mason. Meadows Brothers At Large
James M. Craig and Daniel Paul Parker were recaptured in Mason this afternoon and are held in Mason County jail. The Meadows brothers remain at large.
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James M. Craig
Daniel Paul Parker
Mason
Mason County
Meadows Brothers
Jailbreak at court door leads to escape and charges
Seaton claims he and five others escaped a county jail by making a brass key in about thirty minutes then left through a broken outer door. He returned to the courthouse seeking to alert the sheriff about the break while facing pending charges for burglary and related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cood
Bill Heimann
Seaton
Loth
Commissioners Courtroom
Mason Highway
Fredericksburg
Sale Of Fair Shares Opens To Fund Gillespie Show Barn
Gillespie County Fair Association begins selling stock to raise funds for a modern show barn and arena on the Gillespie County Fair grounds. New capital stock adds 1 088 shares at 25 dollars each. proceeds fund permanent grounds improvements and are non profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillespie County Fair Association
Gillespie County
Nolan Althaus
Herbert L. Durst
Gillespie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rotary
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Dave Stockbridge
T. Wright Neal
Nimitz
Werner H. Meyer
Tom Carr
Kerrville Club
Stockbridge
Wm. Logan
Kerrville
Charles George
Daily Mail
Gillespie Rural Roads
Jack G. High
Lone Star Gas Company
D. P. Parker
H.F. Schuh
Lutherans of
Federation
Zions Church
Willow-Eckert
Pape Lamb
Herbert L.ourst
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